Latest supercomputers enable high-resolution climate models, truer simulation of extreme weather
Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - 14:31
in Earth & Climate
Not long ago, it would have taken several years to run a high-resolution simulation on a global climate model. But using some of the most powerful supercomputers now available, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) climate scientist Michael Wehner was able to complete a run in just three months.